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House Notes – Lister House

Completed in 2014/15 as a completely new build this largely passively designed house has realised our dreams in combining contemporary sustainable design with suburban family living. We were extremely fortunate to work collaboratively with Tone Wheeler of Environa Studios. The thermal comfort exceeds our expectations and without the pool we would produce more energy than we use.

The house features;

Kingspan K-5 external walls
slab thermal coupling to ground
thermal mass internal wall
4.5KWP solar plant
16KW battery storage
solar gas-boosted hotwater
Mod-wood decking
interface recycled fishing net carpet tiles
70% recycled material Ecotech internal and external floor tiles
hydronic underfloor heating
ceiling fans; 10,000 litre rainwater tanks for toilets, washing machine and garden
induction cooktop
all LED lighting

Sustainability Features

ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES

- Energy efficiency:
- Efficient lighting
  Draught proofing
  Efficient appliances
  Energy monitoring
- Passive heating cooling:
- Shading
  Cross ventilation
- Passive heating cooling:
- Thermal internal wall, slab thermal coupling
- Active heating cooling:
- Hydronic
  Ceiling fans
- Water heating:
- Solar hot water (flat panel)
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Above ground storage
  Stormwater management
  Low flow shower heads
  Low flow taps
  Storage connected to
- Above ground rainwater storage Type:
- Rainwater tanks
- Above ground rainwater storage Size
- 10,000L
- Storage connected to
- Garden
  Toilet
  Laundry

SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS

- Recycled and reused materials:
- Interface recycled fishing net carpets, 70% recycled material Ecotech floor tiles, Mod-wood decking; gas boosted solar hot water system dismantled and reused from previous house, also reused appliances
- Sustainable materials:
- Bamboo flooring, floor tiles, decking, carpets
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Timber

INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS

- Insulation Type:
- Ceiling
  Internal and external walls
- Ceiling Type:
- Aircell Insulbreak, R4 polyester batts
- Ceiling Rating:
- R4
- Internal / External Walls Type:
- Kooltherm K-5 external wall boards, Aircell relective wrap, R2 polyester batts; internal walls plasterboard plus brick internal thermal wall mass; rockwool acoustic insulation between garage and house and internal ceiling
- Internal / External Walls Rating:
- R2.8 + R2 batts

RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS

- Energy star rating:
- Min. 5 star estimated
- Renewable energy used:
- Solar PV grid connect
  Energy storage

COSTS AND COST SAVINGS

- Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
- $50,000
- Estimate of annual savings:
- $35,000 (no reverse cycle air-con); $3000+ per year energy bills

HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS

- House Size
- 287 sqm
- Window and Door Types
- Double glazing
  Louvre windows
  Clerestory windows
- Number of bedrooms
- 5
- Number of bathrooms
- 3

GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION

- Garden / Outdoors
- Water wise plants
  Composting
  Native plants

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